A FIELD REPORT ON THE NAME
Beulah
plainspoken · weathered · prim
Origin & Meaning
AI-WrittenDerived from the Hebrew for claimed or married, referencing the restored land of Israel in biblical verse. John Bunyan gave the title broad currency in his 1678 allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, placing the Land of Beulah just short of paradise. American parents adopted it across rural farmsteads and Southern parishes through the late nineteenth century.
Also answers toBea, Bee
Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1880–2025
SSA Data 1880 peak: 2,408 souls, A.D. 1916 2025
2025: 20 born, rising ↑
Estimated Age
76 yrs
Most Beulahs were born around 1940 — remembers television arriving in the neighborhood.
Peak Reign
1916
№97 that year
Generation
Silent, 49%
then Boomer 35% · Gen X 7%
Rarity
Top 2000 all-time
≈73K ever born · now rising
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Beulah grew up with
SSA Datasoda fountains·trading marbles·radio dramas
Data vs. Humans
What the data says
SSA Data
SSA: Beulah peaked in 1916.
Estimated average age: 76.
What people think
Opinion LedgerAwaiting human data — cast the first votes.
Beulah sounds like someone born in —
Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates
AI Seed · Votes Override at n=30 Vintage Modern
Formal Casual
Soft Strong
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In your mind, Beulah sounds more like a —
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Public Opinion Ledger
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The public has not yet weighed in on Beulah. Early ballots carry the most weight.
* Early ballots — fewer than 30 cast so far. The ledger settles at 30.
First Impressions
AI-WrittenToday the name arrives with the audible slap of a screen door. It suggests someone who puts plastic covers on sofa cushions and keeps ribbon candy in an airtight tin. The average living bearer is seventy-six years old. It does not suggest rush hour or corporate offsites.
Field Notes
AI-WrittenField Note 01
The name hit its high-water mark in 1916, registering about two thousand births and briefly touching the national top one hundred.
Field Note 02
Nearly half of all living bearers belong to the Silent Generation, with another thirty-five percent born during the baby boom.
Field Note 03
A modest total of twenty newborn girls received the name in 2025, marking a subtle uptick after decades of near-dormancy.
Notable Beulahs
AI-WrittenBeulah Bondicharacter actress, b. 1889
Beulah Louise Henryinventor, b. 1887
Ephemera — If Beulah were a…
AI-WrittenTown
Abilene, Texas
Object
Cast-iron skillet
Color
Calico blue
Vocation
County registrar
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